Bale-tie.



Patented Mar. II, I902. W. A KILMEB.

BALE TIE (Application filed Aug. 21, 1901.)

( No Model.)

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WILLIAM A. KILMER, OF BANGOR, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO WALTER A.

SCOTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,213, dated March11, 1902.

Application filed August 21, 1901- Serial No. 72,846. (No model.)

To aZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. KILMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bangor, in the county of Van Buren and State of.

Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bale-TiesandI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in bale-ties. I

It consists in the construction hereinafter shown and described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 represents a top View of a bale-tiecontaining the present invention. Fig. 2 represents a plan view indetail of the catching plate or loop. Figs. 3 and 4 represent end viewsof this catching plate or loop.

In these drawings the letter A represents a bale-tie consisting of theusual wire a, having the loose or free end a and its other end a securedto the catching-plate B. This catching-plate B is made as clearly shownin Fig. 2. It is made with a large body I), within which are an enlargedopening I) and an extension b which is integral with the body b,

the extension I) having at its extremity a head 19 At the side of theopening I) toward the extension P the opening'?) is reduced so as to bepointed, forming a pinching angle 6 At its opposite end the plate B hasa reduced recess b opening out into the enlarged opening I). Also atthis end the plate B is provided on each side with grooves 12 whichgradually round at 12 into the recess 11 This plate B is made of such asize that the materialabout the opening in this plate and the extensionsof such plate are much larger, in size than the wire Ct, the differencein size being very appreciable. The opening I) is sufficiently large forthe ready admission of the ends of the wire a. The recess 6 and groove bare of a size to be snugly fitted to the Wire a and the pinching angle12 being smaller than the size of the wire a. The end a of the wire A isslipped through the enlarged opening I), is turned down into the recess5 and as it is twisted about itself, as indicated in Fig. 1, thesides ofthe wire are pulled down into and snugly fit in the grooves b. By thisconstruction it will be seen that the catching-plate B is held inalinement with the end a of the wire A and will not drop down. Hence thecatching-plate B, though separate from, so as to be of a larger sizethan. the bale-tie wire A, yet it is just as much in alinement with thewire of the bale-tie as though made in one piece.

This device relates more to that class of ties known as adjustable ties,or where the tie can be adjusted to the size of the bale without leavingany slack.

I am aware that it is old to grip the free end of the wire under itselfin order to afiord sufficient friction to seat the wire in thepinching-angle. This process is quite slow and at the same time leavesunnecessary slack, so that when the bale is released from pressure itloses considerable of its compactness. Hence not as much material can beloaded in a given space as could be done otherwise. In my device thefree end of the wire is inserted through the opening I) and adjusted tothe size of the bale and is then merely tucked under the extension-arm bwhich is done 'much more readilyand without any slack, the extensionafiording greater resistance, and thus always insures the wire seatingitself in the pinchingangle b. The head b of the extension 11 preventsthe end a from slipping off.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The wire, a, in combination with the catching-plate, B, having theenlarged opening, b, and the integral extension, 17 with the head, 5

2. The bale-tie shown and described, consisting of the plate, B, havingthe opening, I), terminating at one end in a pinching angle, b andhaving the recess, b and grooves, 11, at its opposite end, and havingthe integral extension, 11 having the head b and a bale-wire, a, havingone end secured to said plate by being passed through said eye andseated in the recess, b and grooves,

b andeoiled back upon itself, and having In testimony Whereof I affix my'signature its free end passed through said eye and unin presence of twowitnesses. der said extension and held seated in said pinching angle,such free end being WILLIAM KILMER' 5 Wrapped around said extension andbinding Witnesses:

against the head, 5 as and for the purpose E. E. KILMER, stated. I H. 0.Ross.

